Responsible Body: <\/b>Office of the Registrar<\/p>\n
Date of Last Review:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (<\/span>better known as\u00a0 FERPA<\/span><\/a>), information contained in a student\u2019s record may not be released or discussed with anyone except the student without the student\u2019s written consent, except in certain limited and specific cases, which are mentioned below.<\/span><\/p>\n FERPA defines \u201ceducation records\u201d as \u201cthose records, files, documents and other materials which 1) contain information directly related to a student; and 2) are maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a person acting for such agency or institution.\u201d\u00a0 This includes (but is not limited to) financial aid, student life, and academic information, including individual tests or assignments, grades, academic schedule information, and transcripts.<\/span><\/p>\n All ACU students have the opportunity to complete an <\/span>Education Record Information Release form<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Information may be released to persons the student has identified on the form. Forms are filed with\u00a0 the student\u2019s record in the Registrar\u2019s Office, and the information is coded in Banner. <\/span>Before discussing a student\u2019s information, a faculty member must verify Education Record\u00a0 Information Release by looking on SZFERPA in Banner.<\/b> If a faculty member has any question about whether or not he or she can discuss such information, the faculty member should contact Wildcat Central or the Office of the Registrar.<\/span><\/p>\n Students may obtain their grades on my.acu.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n In general, no personally identifiable information from a student’s education records will be disclosed without written consent from the student.\u00a0 This includes, but is not limited to, grade reports, academic schedule information, and transcripts. Two exceptions may, however, be made:<\/span><\/p>\n Abilene Christian University hereby designates student information listed below as public or\u00a0 \u201cDirectory Information.\u201d\u00a0 The institution may disclose such information for any purpose at its\u00a0 discretion.<\/span><\/p>\n Currently enrolled students may withhold disclosure of \u201cDirectory Information\u201d under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended.\u00a0 For disclosures to be withheld, written notification must be received in the Student Life Office within twelve calendar days from the first day of registration for each long term and four days for summer terms.\u00a0 Forms requesting the withholding of \u201cDirectory Information\u201d are available in the Student Life office. Abilene Christian University assumes that failure on the part of any student to specifically request the withholding of\u00a0 categories of \u201cDirectory Information\u201d indicates individual approval for disclosure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Abilene Christian University complies with all applicable federal and state non-discrimination laws and does not engage in prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, nationality or ethnic origin, gender, age, or disability, including qualified veterans of the Vietnam Era. ACU is affiliated\u00a0 with the fellowship of the Church of Christ. The university is governed by a Board of Trustees, all of whom are members of the Church of Christ, and is operated within the Christian-oriented aims, ideals, and religious tenets of the Church of Christ.\u00a0 As a religiously controlled institution of higher education, ACU is exempt from compliance with some provisions of certain civil rights laws, including some provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.\u00a0 Inquiries concerning this notice or the application of the laws referenced herein should be referred to the Legal Services office:<\/span><\/p>\n Slade Sullivan, General Counsel Educational Record information (including financial aid, student life, and academic information) concerning ACU students is confidential.\u00a0 Any access or modifications that are made to a student\u2019s record, via the web or the online administrative system, should be only those that the faculty member is authorized to make in his or her role as faculty or advisor.\u00a0 Much of the information to which faculty members have access in their departments\/schools concerning ACU students, staff, administration, or faculty is confidential. Violation of confidentiality will be regarded as a serious offense and could be cause for termination.\u00a0 Faculty members should read and understand the information regarding the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) at <\/span>https:\/\/www.acu.edu\/office-of-the-registrar\/ferpa\/<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 For more information, contact the Registrar.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Responsible Body: Office of the Registrar Date of Last Review:\u00a0 Privacy Rights of Students Due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (better known as\u00a0 FERPA), information contained in a student\u2019s record may not be released or discussed with anyone except the student without the student\u2019s written consent, except in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11848,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions\/309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Privacy Rights of Students<\/b><\/h1>\n
Disclosure of Student Records<\/b><\/h1>\n
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Public Notice Designating Directory Information<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n
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Non-Discrimination Notice\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/h1>\n
\n<\/span>ACU Box 29125
\n<\/span>Abilene, TX 79699-9125
\n<\/span>Phone: 325-674-2485
\n<\/span>Fax: 325-674-2879
\n<\/span>Email: <\/span>legalservices@acu.edu\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAccess to Student Records \u00a0<\/b><\/h1>\n